INVESTIGATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HEALTHY LIFESTYLE BEHAVIOR OF HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND USE OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES: A RESEARCH ON ATTITUDES FOR VACCINE APPLICATIONS

Abstract

The main purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between the healthcare professionals' level of showing healthy lifestyle behavior and their attitudes towards the use of healthcare services. The universe of the research is the middle and/or upper level managers of the general private hospitals operating in Istanbul under the umbrella of the Republic of Turkey Ministry of Health Private Health Institutions. In the study in which the quantitative research method (quantitative research design) was used, the data were collected by face-to-face questionnaire technique (the total number of questionnaires that were used and evaluated in the analysis is 390). In the study; descriptive statistics, explanatory factor analysis, multiple linear regression analysis and confirmatory factor analysis techniques were used. SPSS and AMOS package programs were used together in the analysis of the data. According to the results of multiple linear regression analysis of the research; it has been determined that the healthcare professionals' attitudes towards healthy lifestyle affect their attitudes towards vaccine practices positively and statistically significant. According to the results of the confirmatory factor analysis; it is seen that the majority of the fit indices of the proposed research model are at the acceptable fit level.

Keywords

• Health lifestyle behaviour,
• Healthcace use
• Vaccine application
• Helath professionals

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